Small-town mysteries, teenagers working for powerful organizations, and attempts to correct the past.
At the last Tudum presentation, Netflix announced that the final season of Stranger Things will be released from November 27. The Duffer Brothers tease the grandiose finale while keeping the plot details under wraps.
The premiere is still far away, so check out anime titles with a similar vibe to pass the time.
1. Heavenly Delusion, 2023
Teenager Maru wanders through a post-apocalyptic Japan inhabited by monsters. He is searching for a mysterious person.
Meanwhile, in a high-tech city hidden from prying eyes, children live without knowing grief or fear. They study, play, and sometimes fantasize about what is happening behind the high walls. Tokio receives a letter from someone who offers her an escape from paradise.
2. Wonder Egg Priority, 2021
Fourteen-year-old Ai Ohto stopped going to school. First, she was bullied by her classmates. Then, her only friend committed suicide. She tries not to leave her room, except for lonely night walks.
One day, while enjoying the twilight views of the city, she learns about magic eggs that open portals to other worlds. These worlds are similar to ours, but negative emotions and phenomena take the form of monsters there.
By defeating these monsters, you can save girls who could not cope with social pressure, abuse, or other forms of violence.
3. Spriggan, 1998
Sixteen-year-old Yu Ominae is known as a lazy schoolboy, but he actually sleeps in class because he is busy with more important things.
He helps the secret organization Arcam search for and destroy alien artifacts before they fall into the hands of world governments or military corporations. And such situations arise more often than you might think.
4. Summer Time Rendering, 2022
Shinpei believed that he had left the godforsaken island where he was born forever. However, news of his half-sister's death forced him to return to his homeland.
There, he encountered not only the ghosts of the past but also very real demons. At the same time, he got caught in a time loop, which was the last straw in separating his loved ones from death.
5. Yurei Deco, 2022
On Tom Sawyer Island, there is a futuristic city where people live in a utopia with the help of special augmented reality devices called Deco.
With these devices and a currency called Love, you can change your appearance, design your surroundings, and make purchases. Berry, a girl who has one of these devices, will learn about the seamy side of the digital paradise when it starts to malfunction.
That's when she meets the adventurer Hack and a team of outlaw detectives. They are investigating the mystery of Phantom Zero, who resets the Love level of random citizens.